Norman Reedus appeared to nonchalantly confirm Death Stranding 2 this week. In an interview, The Walking Dead star revealed that work had “just started” on the Death Stranding sequel, before reiterating the point a second time. The series, developed by Kojima Productions, is directed by auteur Hideo Kojima – who appeared to acknowledge the comments in a Twitter post.
“Go to your private room, my friend,” he said, with heart-eyes and thumbs up emojis. He attached three photos, showing himself grabbing a baseball bat coated in barbed wire and then attacking Reedus with it. In the final picture, the pair appear to have made friends again. It’s obviously cryptic from Kojima, but it’s easy to see what he’s getting at.
There’s actually a little debate online over whether Death Stranding 2 will be published by PlayStation. Sony owns the intellectual property, and Kojima Productions has been using Guerrilla Games’ engine, Decima. But the PC version of the original Death Stranding and its Directors Cut were published by 505 Games, so some are speculating it may have licensed the brand out.
Personally, we think this will be published by Sony across both PS5 and PC, and we’re pretty excited to see what Kojima comes up with. The original game sure had its fair share of flaws, but the concept was so novel and interesting – and, to be honest, it seems ripe for expansion. Who doesn’t want to make more deliveries in the rain?
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The references in this tweet are awesome!!!
I liked Death Stranding a lot, but I'm in the camp that thinks it should be left alone and remain a one-and-done thing. I don't even know where they could go with it considering how it ended.
I liked Death Stranding for how weird and atmospheric it was, but the gameplay could use some tweaking. I'd like to see more dynamic BT encounters and an expanded combat system in a sequel — not that combat should be the core of the game or anything.
Interested in seeing what Kojima and co. come up with.
@RBMango
Lol I've not even got a clue what happened in the story, but I absolutely loved the game.
Such a nice change of pace from the absolute mediocrity that overwhelms this industry.
Definitely hyped for the second one. Besides, with how crazy these stories get, they'll figure out a way to continue
Loved death stranding and the last delivery had me in bits. Honestly don’t know where they could go with the story as it ended perfectly
I trust kojima to make a follow up sufficiently different as to be worthwhile.
I like the fact he doesnt conform to others standards, and im always intrigued to try what he comes up with. I hope we get another project with his involvement in addition to DS2.
As great as Death Stranding was we really need this Kojima horror game to finally happen.
You can’t release a 30 minute teaser that changes the entire genre and never do anything with it
Don’t need it, but I’ll take it. I’d be interested in a different game in the same universe though, hopefully that’s the direction they’ll go…
One of the better ps exclusives..but I feel that it should be left alone as a stand alone game
I’m all for a sequel; Death Stranding was a unique and special type of experience. I do hope that the combat is improved upon greatly though. I would love to see the fluidity from Phantom Pain in DS in terms of gunplay.
If true, I have a feeling that this won’t just be more of the same. I recall an interview from a while back in which Kojima stated that, if a sequel were to ever materialize, they’d be building it from the ground up. Whatever the case, I’d be excited to see Kojima and company go all in on DualSense support for a sequel.
Edit: It was an interview with Vulture, he said development on a sequel would “start from zero.”
Thank god for Kojima. He seems to be the only one left in the industry with a fun personality.
A sequel is bound to be tied up on Sony hardware. What Xbox player would jump in on the 2nd game without playing the first?
I enjoyed the 1st one for what it's worth but definitely felt the 10/10 score it got here was far too generous. A decent game where a sequel could really help realise some gameplay potential without tedium.
I heard Kojima's next game was supposed to be an Xbox exclusive.
Kojima is taking no prisoners.
Yeah, no. This is 100% Sony. No way 505 can finance such a AAA title, especially given it uses the Sony proprietary engine.
Along with a bunch of other stuff, I’ve still got Death Stranding: Director’s Cut sitting in my PS5 backlog. I really should get around to playing it already.
Why is it even a debate whether it's published by Sony? They own the IP, 505 have no say. They only got to publish DS on PC because it was before Sony started to really jump into the PC market.
This is gonna sound strange but the BTs were probably my least favourite part of the game! I know they are integral to the story but I just tried to avoid them when I could 😂 the best part of the game for me was navigating the environment, with all its mountains, rocks, rivers etc. Hopefully the sequel will add a day/night cycle.
I've been on-board since 2019! Death Stranding's story ends on a clear note but it leaves more than enough loose ends to warrant a sequel. I'm excited to see what KJP and Kojima-san will do with the sequel. The man is known to make amazing sequels and I cannot wait.
Might be, he'll pull another MGS2 again! Let's go, cuz tomorrow is in our hands.
@RBMango We all said that for The Last of Us and Part 2 turned out to be even better in some regards, I have confidence in Kojima to deliver an even better sequel.
Loved DS. Couldn’t have asked for a game better suited to the first lockdown. Like others I’m not sure where the story can go from where it was left, but I’m very interested to find out. My only request would be a less convoluted inventory system. Other than that it’s all gravy 👌🏻
I enjoyed the first game didn't have any idea what was going on though. I wouldn't play a second one.
really wish he weren't making another one of these
This is why Sony shoved Sam Bridges into their promotional banner the other day. Looks like they want a franchise out of it.
Death stranding was really good and it was quite some time since we saw a game that was unique in what it was, weird, quirky, bit freaky, atmospheric just outright bananas, if you understand the ending there can be most definitely a sequel, however it will most likely be more combat oriented
It’s clearly not really death stranding 2…it’s silent hills!!!
I don't think I'll ever understand the story in a Kojima game even after reading the summaries on the Internet. Creative.... But... Incoherent....
it is hard to see present day sony with jim ryan wanting anything to do with death stranding 2. the game underperformed critically, commercially and was divisive to say the least. i love that the game exists and kojima can do what he wants, but i a have my doubts that sony would be overcome with joy to throw $100m at the sequel if it is destined to have a similar outcome.
Hilarious tweets by Kojima XD. I'm glad they made up and are still friends, though I suspect this was all staged publicity.
He is so amazing. It is a requirement for me to play whatever he makrs as long as i am still in videogames.
Loved DS, so another one would go to the top of the list
@IOI
In terms of gameplay it did.
In terms of story… it has its moments but it was definite downgrade from the first one.
I’m one those who felt that TLOU didn’t need a sequel. If anything, I would have loved to see Naughty Dog take the gameplay loop they created for the sequel (which is the high point of the game; it’s the smoothest playing third person shooter that has ever been created in my opinion) and tell a war story. Perhaps something set in the Vietnam War; they could have explored the human psyche and human hatred without the burden of attempting to follow up a story that ended perfectly.
@BoldAndBrash What are you talking about? Just let me get my 50 page synopsis of the story to explain the plot🤣
"Who doesn’t want to make more deliveries in the rain?"
*Raises hand.
Death Stranding was weird and that ultimately affected my enjoyment of the game
Metal Gear Solid 5 was weird as well, in the same way, but at least had a really, really compelling combat gameplay to experience and experiment with.
Seemed like a bit if an FU to Konami, too. Like "FU, I've been given funding to make my art moviegame anyway and look at all these famous people in it".
From all the praise this guy is getting everywhere, I'd like him to make a game that lives up to the praise.
After the first one I was thinking, at least its done and he will move on to something good, but here we are..
This was the best response ever 🤣
I don’t get this game at all. Is it just a walking delivery sim? I’m not a massive fan of Kojima stuff anyhow so I’m never gonna love it
@Milktastrophe
That was just speculation because he supposedly talked to some Xbox executives, doesn't mean anything actually came out of it. But of course it's the internet so the immediate reaction was "xBoX kOjIMa eXcLuSiVe iS cOnFiRmEd"
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